Wide Awake!
by Parquet Courts

This album is so catchy but at the same time interesting. I really liked the "shout" kind of singing like in violence and also liked the funky approach in the song wide awake. Total football is a great opener (although it's youtube clip was boring but this has nothing to do with the music). I would say my other favorite songs from the album are almost had to start a fight and before the water gets too high. There were some low moments that I felt bored like in freebird II but they're completely forgotten and overshadowed by all the good moments. I feel like this album connects to me in a very personal level. That's the kind of music I want to hear. My favorite album of 2018 so far. 9/10

This will easily be one of my albums of the year if not THE album of the year. Really catchy tunes and some really clever lyrical work here. The production here is also of exceptional quality.

Highlight - the baseline intro to Violence and this track in general.

Fav tracks - Violence, Total Football, Before the Water Gets Too High, Back to Earth, Wide Awake, Death Will Bring Change, Tenderness

Weakest track (but still good) - NYC Observation

9/10 could be higher on repeat listens

Wide Awake is unlike anything the band has done before. It is very political, but is also funny and clever too. It’s my favorite post-punk album of the year, (sorry IDLES) and possibly my favorite album of the year in general.

Fav tracks: Total Football, Before the Water Gets Too High, Mardi Gras Beads, Almost Had to Start a Fight, Extinction, Wide Awake, Death Will Bring Change, and Tenderness

Weakest: Back to Earth

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In any other year 'Wide Awake' could easily have been an AOTY contender but in a hot 2018 field it just misses out

Produced by Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) this is their most diverse and best album yet and top to bottom retains The Courts sense of anger with slick production and tight arrangements

FYI the line "Fuck Tom Brady" that comes at the conclusion of "Total Football" is explained as nothing personal against Tom Brady per say, rather a commentary on the type of person Tom Brady represents

Wonderful stuff

For all the influences Parquet Courts wear proudly on their sleeves here (and why shouldn't they?), they never sound anything but earnest, clever, and willing to have fun in the throws of all the deep anxieties at this album's core. Some brilliant tracks here - and the band's best, most focused album.

I'M WIDE AWAKE!